Detailed plans for North Yorkshire affordable housing scheme

Detailed plans have been submitted for dozens of affordable homes in a North Yorkshire town.Affordable housebuilder Adderstone Living plans to build 68 one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom properties on a plot of land at East Cowton, near Hambleton.The 7.9-acre is being designed and developed by Adderstone Living for Karbon Homes, which will eventually manage the scheme.As part of the project, 40 per cent of the overall site area will be retained as open space to retain the existing rural character of the area.Outline permission for the site was secured in January.North Yorkshire Council will review the reserved matters planning and, if approved, construction work is expected to start in the summer with the first phase complete the following year.Adderstone Living managing director Stephen McCoy said: “This would be great news for local people keen to get on the housing ladder. We’re really excited about this project and very much look forward to bringing this much needed scheme, with its mix of property types and sizes to provide options for residents at varying stages of life, to fruition.”Indeed, the delivery of social housing has never been more important than at present and with the commercial pressures on the sector, to deliver high quality, added value schemes in places where people want to live and build communities.”